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AUSSIE UFC fighter Mark Hunt has launched a stunning attack on Brock Lesnar, his opponent at UFC 200, after the former WWE superstar was granted an exemption from drug testing.
Last week, Lesnar came out of a UFC hiatus lasting four and a half years to agree to fight Hunt in the co-main event to Jon Jones v Daniel Cormier II in July.
Normally four months notice is required for drug testing under the UFC’s Anti-Doping Policy rules, which is now governed by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).
However, according to the rules an exemption may be given at the UFC’s discretion “in exceptional circumstances or where the strict application of that rule would be manifestly unfair to an athlete.”

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Jose Aldo went through a lot before becoming the longest featherweight champion in history, and his life story hit theaters in Brazil.
"Mais forte que o mundo" ("Stronger than the world", in Portuguese) premiered Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro, and the former UFC 145-pound champion couldn’t hold his tears back while watching Jose Loreto play the MMA star on the big screen.

Tim Means will be able to fight again before the close of summer.
The popular UFC welterweight settled with USADA this week and was given a six-month suspension by the UFC's anti-doping policy partner, it was announced Thursday. The suspension is retroactive to Feb. 3, so Means should be able to get back in the Octagon by August.
Means was flagged by USADA in February after testing positive for ostarine in a Jan. 21 out-of-competition test. Ostarine is a banned substance in the selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMS) category. SARMS are similar to anabolic steroids, but don't carry as many negative side effects. Means was pulled from his main event fight with Donald Cerrone at UFC Fight Night 83 due to the positive test.

UFC lightweights Rustam Khabilov and Reza Madadi are set to lock horns when the duo meets in the Octagon in the UFC's return to Germany on September 3rd. The UFC made the news official on Twitter on Friday.
Khabilov, 29, is on a two-fight win streak having most recently defeated Chris Wade via unanimous decision at UFC Fight Night 87 in May. His professional record stands at 19-3.

Saturday's UFC 199 prelims did normal numbers, but they had a unique makeup.
The show leading up to the Luke Rockhold title loss to Michael Bisping did 798,000 viewers, making it the second-most watched sports event of the night, trailing the 2,789,000 viewers of Game 3 of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
The number was slightly up from UFC 198, the showfrom Brazil with a Stipe Miocic vs. Fabricio Werdum main event, which did 786,000 viewers. But that show went head-to-head with a Bellator show, dividing the audience. UFC 197, the show headlined by Jon Jones vs. Ovince Saint Preux saw the prelims average 835,000 viewers.

Four of the most exciting welterweights in the world top the bill for the UFC’s return to Canada next week.
The bout order for the 13-fight UFC Fight Night 89 event now is set. In the main event, former title challenger Rory MacDonald (18-3 MMA, 9-3 UFC) fights on his home Canadian soil against Stephen Thompson (12-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC). The pecking order for a title shot likely is at stake. MacDonald is ranked No. 2 behind champ Robbie Lawler in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA welterweight rankings; Thompson is No. 5.

After announcing the UFC’s first trip to Salt Lake City, Utah, the promotion appears close to nailing down a main event.
A report from FloCombat stated a featherweight clash between Alex Caceres (12-8 MMA, 7-6 UFC) and Yair Rodriguez (8-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) will serve as the evening’s featured bout.

Salt Lake City, Utah will host a UFC event for the first time with UFC Fight Night 92.
The promotion announced the event on the official UFC website.
The event takes place Aug. 6 from Vivint Smart Home Arena – home of the NBA’s Utah Jazz. Tickets for the FOX Sports 1-televised event go on sale June 24.
The UFC previously tried to hold UFC on Versus 2 at EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City but was forced to move the event to San Diego, Calif., due to poor ticket sales. The Aug. 1, 2010 card was anchored by a fight between Jon Jones and Vladimir Matyushenko.

The barnburner that opened UFC 199 unsurprisingly produced two of the most serious medical suspensions from the pay-per-view event.
But the most serious was main card competitor Hector Lombard, who is benched for six months with no exceptions after getting knocked out by Dan Henderson.

Ariel Helwani is the most prominent mixed martial arts (MMA) reporter in the sport’s short history. How paradoxical it was then that reporting is what (temporarily) ended his career covering the top MMA organization in the world: the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
Helwani and his colleagues from MMAFighting.com (which included renowned photographer, Esther Lin, and videographer, E. Casey Leydon) were banned from ever covering the UFC again at the UFC 199 event on June 4, 2016, right before Michael Bisping realized a lifelong dream of winning the UFC Middleweight Championship. Earlier in the show, UFC aired two big announcements in video package form: the long-anticipated rematch between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz was officially announced for UFC 202, and Brock Lesnar was making his surprising comeback for a one-off at UFC 200. But in the UFC’s eyes, there was a problem. Helwani had beaten them to the punch, and reported that both bookings were “close to being finalized” in the hours prior to the event.

UFC lightweight prospect Sage Northcutt is looking to rebound from his first professional loss, as he draws nearer to his return at UFC 200. Northcutt saw his undefeated record come to an end back in January, when he was submitted by Bryan Barberena in a welterweight matchup at UFC on FOX 18.
Northcutt is getting in in his final training sessions before fight night, but his last one apparently was "a disaster" according to his sparring partner. In an Instagram post published on Tuesday, Israeli Muay Thai champion Ilya Grad pointed the finger at the 20-year-old's father as the root cause of yesterday's problems:
@supersagenorthcutt came in for sparring today preparing for UFC 200. I want to say something nice about the kid but oh my what a disaster it was. His dad is probably the worst coach I've seen in my life. He walks around talking shit from the start like we owe him something, then he interrupting his real coach during the rounds and gives poor Sage negative pet talk in between! Then at the 3rd round when I was just warming up and started pushing the pace they accused me of trying to hurt him and retired him from sparring! ?? - When I train someone for a fight I want to put them in difficult situations, as you would in a real fight but these clowns just want him to do well and when he doesn't they accused me of some shit and made a scene! Never have I seen such bad coaching in my life! You have great potential kid, If you smart tell your dad to stay away from your fight camp so you could actually get some training done! Good luck for 200 ??

With three straight losses on his record, former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis has decided to shake things up.
“Showtime” announced the move on his official Instagram account. MMAFighting.com reported he will enlist the services of nutritionist Mike Dolce to oversee the weight cut.

Saturday’s UFC 199 event drew an announced attendance of 15,587, which was a sell-out, and a live gate of $2,168,675.
UFC PR head Dave Sholler announced the figures at the post-event news conference, which MMAjunkie attended.
UFC 199 took place at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass.
The card featured a number of California-based fighters. In fact, three of the four headliners and co-headliners are California natives, and the other (Michael Bisping) lives part-time in the state.

Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 199 event took home UFC Athlete Outfitting pay, a program that launched after the UFC’s deal with Reebok, totaling $297,500.
The amount marked the largest total issued at a single event since the program’s inception.

Dan Henderson, co-headliner Dominick Cruz, and headliners Michael Bisping and Luke Rockhold earned the top disclosed payouts at this past Saturday’s UFC 199 event.
MMAjunkie today requested and received the list of disclosed payouts from the California State Athletic Commission.